1. Pitteloud N, Zhang C, Pignatelli D, Li JD, Raivio T, Cole LW, Plummer L, Jacobson-Dickman EE, Mellon PL, Zhou QY, Crowley WF

Loss-of-function mutation in the prokineticin 2 gene causes Kallmann syndrome and normosmic idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104: 17447-52, 2007.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707173104 PMID: 17959774.

 

2. Cole LW, Sidis Y, Zhang C, Quinton R, Plummer L, Pignatelli D, Hughes VA, Dwyer AA, Raivio T, Hayes FJ, Seminara SB, Huot C, Alos N, Speiser P, Takeshita A, Van Vliet G, Pearce S, Crowley WF, Zhou QY, Pitteloud N

Mutations in prokineticin 2 and prokineticin receptor 2 genes in human gonadotrophin-releasing hormone deficiency: molecular genetics and clinical spectrum. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 93: 3551-9, 2008.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-2654 PMID: 18559922.

 

3. Pereira SS, Costa MM, Gomez-Sanchez CE, Monteiro MP, Pignatelli D

Incomplete Pattern of Steroidogenic Protein Expression in Functioning Adrenocortical Carcinomas. Biomedicines 8: ., 2020.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8080256 PMID: 32751564.

 

4. Pereira SS, Monteiro MP, Bourdeau I, Lacroix A, Pignatelli D

MECHANISMS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY: Cell cycle regulation in adrenocortical carcinoma. European journal of endocrinology 179: R95-R110, 2018.  [Review] 

 doi: 10.1530/EJE-17-0976 PMID: 29773584.

 

5. Pereira SS, Monteiro MP, Costa MM, Ferreira J, Alves MG, Oliveira PF, Jarak I, Pignatelli D

MAPK/ERK pathway inhibition is a promising treatment target for adrenocortical tumors. Journal of cellular biochemistry 120: 894-906, 2019.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1002/jcb.27451 PMID: 30256438.

 

6. Pignatelli D, Carvalho BL, Palmeiro A, Barros A, Guerreiro SG, Maçut D

The Complexities in Genotyping of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency. Frontiers in endocrinology 10: 432, 2019.  [Review] 

 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00432 PMID: 31333583.

 

7. Pignatelli D, Carvalho BL, Palmeiro A, Barros A, Guerreiro SG, Macut D

Corrigendum: The Complexities in Genotyping of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency. Frontiers in endocrinology 11: 113, 2020.  [] 

 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00113 PMID: 32194508.

 

8. Rodrigues AR, Pignatelli D, Almeida H, Gouveia AM

Melanocortin 5 receptor activates ERK1/2 through a PI3K-regulated signaling mechanism. Molecular and cellular endocrinology 303: 74-81, 2009.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.01.014 PMID: 19428994.

 

9. Pereira SS, Monteiro MP, Costa MM, Moreira Â, Alves MG, Oliveira PF, Jarak I, Pignatelli D

IGF2 role in adrenocortical carcinoma biology. Endocrine 66: 326-337, 2019.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1007/s12020-019-02033-5 PMID: 31378849.

 

10. Crespigio J, Berbel LCL, Dias MA, Berbel RF, Pereira SS, Pignatelli D, Mazzuco TL

Von Hippel-Lindau disease: a single gene, several hereditary tumors. Journal of endocrinological investigation 41: 21-31, 2018.  [Review] 

 doi: 10.1007/s40618-017-0683-1 PMID: 28589383.

 

11. Pall M, Azziz R, Beires J, Pignatelli D

The phenotype of hirsute women: a comparison of polycystic ovary syndrome and 21-hydroxylase-deficient nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia. Fertility and sterility 94: 684-9, 2010.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.025 PMID: 19726039.

 

12. Pereira SS, Máximo V, Coelho R, Batista R, Soares P, Guerreiro SG, Sobrinho-Simões M, Monteiro MP, Pignatelli D

Telomerase and N-Cadherin Differential Importance in Adrenocortical Cancers and Adenomas. Journal of cellular biochemistry 118: 2064-2071, 2017.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1002/jcb.25811 PMID: 27886397.

 

13. Ferreira JG, Cruz CD, Neves D, Pignatelli D

Increased extracellular signal regulated kinases phosphorylation in the adrenal gland in response to chronic ACTH treatment. The Journal of endocrinology 192: 647-58, 2007.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1677/joe.1.06961 PMID: 17332532.

 

14. Pereira SS, Monteiro MP, Antonini SR, Pignatelli D

Apoptosis regulation in adrenocortical carcinoma. Endocrine connections 8: R91-R104, 2019.  [Review] 

 doi: 10.1530/EC-19-0114 PMID: 30978697.

 

15. Pignatelli D, Ferreira J, Soares P, Costa MJ, Magalhães MC

Immunohistochemical study of heat shock proteins 27, 60 and 70 in the normal human adrenal and in adrenal tumors with suppressed ACTH production. Microscopy research and technique 61: 315-23, 2003.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1002/jemt.10341 PMID: 12768547.

 

16. Pereira SS, Costa MM, Guerreiro SG, Monteiro MP, Pignatelli D

Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in the Adrenocortical Tumors. Pathology oncology research : POR 24: 689-693, 2018.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1007/s12253-017-0259-6 PMID: 28695321.

 

17. Marques CJ, Pignatelli D, Carvalho B, Barceló J, Almeida AC, Fernandes S, Witchel SF, Sousa M, Oliveira MJ, Freitas P, Fontoura M, Carvalho D, Barros A, Carvalho F

Mutational characterization of steroid 21-hydroxylase gene in Portuguese patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association 118: 505-12, 2010.  [Article] 

 doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1237363 PMID: 19856253.